Microsoft Releases XP Patch for WannaCry Ransomware

Microsoft has taken the extraordinary step of providing an emergency update for unsupported Windows XP and Windows 8 machines in the wake of Friday’s WannaCry ransomware outbreak. Unknown attackers were using the EternalBlue exploit leaked by the ShadowBrokers in April to spread WannaCry, a varia...

MS02-070: Flaw in SMB Signing Could Enable Group Policy to be Modified (329170)

The remote version of Windows contains a flaw in the SMB signing implementation. SMB signing is used to sign each packets sent between a client and a server to protect them against man-in-the-middle attacks. If the Domain policy is configured to force usage of SMB signing, it is possible for an...